Sacrificing One Degree, When did that become too much?

[Walt]

In the 1970's, we were willing to sacrifice due to oil troubles. During the 1940's, we were willing to sacrifice to defeat Hitler. Are we willing to sacrifice now? No, we seem all sacrificed out.

This one quote blew me away. It is mostly about Europe, but in many ways it relates to America also.

What is startling is how little is being asked of Europeans. Even simple measures that might barely inconvenience people are treated as taboo. Earlier this month the International Energy Agency (iea), which advises rich-country governments, suggested that Europeans might consider turning down the thermostat by just one degree centigrade. What might seem like mere virtue-signalling greenery would actually cut consumption by 10bn cubic metres of natural gas over a year. That is roughly one month’s worth of Russian imports. This modest appeal was relayed by precisely nobody in office.

https://www.economist.com/europe/20...e-off-russian-energy-will-mean-making-changes